Hi everyone!
I've been lurking a bit the last couple of days. Here are some

for those in need! Just a couple quick call outs from earlier today-
CE - Sorry about the migraine. Feel better!
Dawn - That's just awful.
Mel - Sorry to hear about the computer crash. Glad to hear you made it to the gym today.
Janet - Glad(??) to hear you have laundry again in your future.

Congrats on the new washer/dryer. I think we may be in the market for a new dryer, or at least a repair visit on the current one. It's not heating up properly.
Debra - You've got your work cut out for you. It sounds like you don't even have time to breath at the moment. Good luck with it all! And, have a great trip to Disney to relieve some of the stress that's built-up.
Jo - Pass along my b-day wishes to Ellie! Sounds like some great presents.
Lori - Congrats on the first grader!

I can't believe I've got one heading to middle school.
Kristel - I hope all is well after last night.
T - I'm looking forward to the pictures of your visit with Mo. Now, all I need is some extra time to actually keep up with this thread.
V - Congrats on the no carb zone! I need to get myself back on track after the last few months.
Z - Sorry about the vet bill.
Sam - I like the iPhone as a device but until they reach some kind of arrangement with Verizon I'm kind of out of luck. Hope you enjoy that party this weekend. I've got relatives visiting from Fri-Sun, so I'm doing my best to get the house organized from the its usual chaotic state. Well, actually, I'm doing a pretty good job of avoiding that right now.
Hi to everyone else, and sorry if I missed responding to you directly!

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I'm hanging around the house at the moment waiting for the repair person to show up to fix our phone. It's been out since Saturday.
My aunt and uncle are visiting this weekend, so I should be organizing the house. But, I'm not feeling terribly motivated. I made it through the dishes and remotely did some work on my office computer, but I'm feeling overwhelmed by the chaos around me. At the moment, I'm contemplating the spare bedroom where we need to put up the relatives, and I see oodles of girl scout stuff - badges, camping gear, manuals. Jenny and I both work on an organized chaos approach, so I'm hesitant to move anything, or I may disrupt her organizational system for the chaos I perceive.

In any case, it will all get done between now and when they arrive on Friday.
It's been a busy few months between working (and scrambling for more work), some traveling (family event in DC and cub camping trip), trying to keep a modest hold on stuff around the house, and dealing with the various end of school year events/tasks (camp planning, Disney planning

, etc.). Jenny's been pretty much in the same boat. Still no job lined up for next year, but she's working on it.
We have made some progress on our Disney planning. We'll be at SSR from 7/8-7/17. We'll actually be leaving on 7/7 and stopping in Gainesville. I'm thinking I should call member services and put in a room request. Any thoughts on that? I'm thinking near a pool would be a pretty good start.
Here's our current ADRs. We're going to try to make use of the kitchen for breakfast most mornings and for an occasional lunch and/or dinner.
7/9 - CP lunch
7/10 - Flying Fish dinner
7/12 - 'Ohana breakfast - followed by day for visiting friends and relatives in Tampa area (V- let us know if you're around that day, and maybe we can schedule a mini-meet)
7/13 - Le Cellier lunch
7/14 - Chef Mickey dinner
7/16 - Mama Melrose Fantasmic package
Each family member got to pick one TS, and we threw in the Fantasmic package beyond that. Any thoughts or suggestions? We're probably going to go with a DDE card for TS discounts. The dining plan doesn't seem to be as good an option for us when we ran some typical numbers.
Any way, I think the phone guy just got here, or I've got a white Comcast van parked in front of the house for no reason. I'll pop back in a bit.
TTFN!